Specimen Information

Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gasterosteus aculeatus
(Threespine Stickleback)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID46360
GroupFishes
GenusGasterosteus
Speciesaculeatus
Common NameThreespine Stickleback
StateWI
CountyMilwaukee
LocalityLake Michigan at Milwaukee Harbor's Juneau Park
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMilwaukee
HUC8 Number04040003
HUC10 NameLower Milwaukee River-Frontal Lake Michigan
HUC10 Number0404000306
HUC12 NameFox Point-Frontal Lake Michigan
HUC12 Number040400030601
Map
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Collection Day9
Collection Month7
Collection Year1986
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaydispersed
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:713
Author:Johnston, C.E.
Date:1991
Title:Discovery of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (Pisces: Gasterosteidae) in the Lake Michigan drainage, Illinois.
Journal:Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science
Volume:84
Issue:3&4
Pages:173-174
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recordstate
Museum Cat NumberUWZM 9093
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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